[llevrok]

says it well !!

[Northern Yankee]

Great...

[capydick]

Tonight on Hardball:

101st Colonel says he's tired, compares Iraq to Vietnam!!! Puts blame on Republicans!!

[1 spark]

Great post. I wish Rush, on radio....and O'Reilly, on TV...would read this letter on air. More people need to know the good that is going on...and how the lefties and PC politicians demoralize our troops. God bless this man...and all of our service men and women.

[llevrok]

Ping for a letter from a "tired" Lt Col.in Iraq. Worth reading in the air, Mark. Reliable source too (note posting link).

Thanks
-llevrok

[AmeriBrit]

Another one that won't see the light of day by the MSM, so

it's up to us to get the truth out and beat the MSM at

their own game........Pass this on and everyone like it to

everyone in your address book.

God Bless you Lieutenant Colonel Joe Repya,

and all our dedicated military, past and present.

[livius]

Excellent, excellent points.

I'm about his age, and sometimes I think there have been two alternate realities during our lifetimes. He and I obviously picked one of them, but the problem is that the press, the academics and the influential people picked the other.

I too am very distressed by what is going on, and it doesn't affect only this country.

I seriously believe there are people in Iraq who want to be free and live a normal decent life, go out and water their (still nonexistent) lawns and fret about their water bills, send their kids off to college and fret about their kids, etc. But the press and the left of this country want them to be embroiled in a permanent war, as long as they can find folks who will go out and scream on-cue that they hate the EEEVIL USA.

I can understand why this man feels the way he does.

[ArmyTeach]

A big salute to COL Repya. There's a history here, and I suspect an honorable and patriotic one. Not too many 60 year old LTCs around.

[GOP Poet]

Thanks Joe! God Bless you and your family!!! Thanks too to the poster.

[savedbygrace]

Here's some more info on Repya:

http://www.uscglightshipsailors.org/joe_repya.htm

[verity]

I suspect that this is a fictitious character.

a. There is no date on the alleged letter nor a specific unit of assignment.
b. If the letter was written in July, he will not be returning to join the 101st IN Iraq.
c. At his age, it is unlikely that he is serving on Active Duty. There is a remote possibility that he could have been recalled to AD because of some special skill.

[Criminal Number 18F]

Lots of Repya's letters from Iraq have shown up on the Power Line blog.

One of many reasons it's my favourite blog.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[ChEng]

Joe, well said. You are one of my guys (Nam vet 65-66, 70-71, USMC), thank you, you stayed the course, best of luck.

[Coop]

Thank you for posting a fine letter.

[kms61]

To be accurate, I wouldn't call Phelp's bunch antiwar. They're just lunatics.

[Eagles6]

Thank you, LtCol. Repya, for your words and your service.

[amigatec]

bttt

[StarCMC]

I'm tired of antiwar protesters showing up at the funerals of our fallen soldiers. A family who's loved ones gave their life in a just and noble cause, only to be cruelly tormented on the funeral day by cowardly protesters is beyond shameful.

LTC Joe Repya, we have your back. God bless you and may you return safely to your family.

 

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[BarbaricGrandeur]

His leaders don't deserve him. On the ironic side, if all goes well and Iraq's democracy is established perhaps one day her military men will also have the joy of dealing with the inconstancy of a democratic system mired in ideological partisanship.

[pandoraou812]

Says it very well.

[KTM rider]

I think a lot of us are tired of it and its time to start fighting back with everything we've got.

I think we civilians at home should be in this fight also and the battle for us is against the cutnrun party